Legal

21 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3067

SIXTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK OF CURRENT SESSION

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The General Assembly would ask the Committee on Relations with the Host Country to review its membership and composition and to consider proposals regarding them, under the terms of a draft resolution approved this morning by the Sixth Committee (Legal) as it concluded its work for the current session.

19 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3065

LEGAL COMMITTEE TEXT RECOMMENDS HOLDING CONFERENCE TO ESTABLISH CRIMINAL COURT FROM 15 JUNE TO 17 JULY 1998 IN ROME

19971119

Three Other Texts Approved Concern Law Commission, Immunities of States, Programme for Teaching International Law

19 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3066

18 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3064

IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES UNDERLINED BY LEGAL COMMITTEE TEXT

19971118 Two Other Drafts, Also Approved without Vote, Concern UN Law Decade, 1999 Centennial of First International Peace Conference

14 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3062

LEGAL COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT EXTENDING COMPETENCE OF UN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL TO STAFF OF REGISTRY OF WORLD COURT

19971114 Debate on Measures to Eliminate Terrorism Continues

14 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3063

NEED TO COMBAT ROOT CAUSES OF TERRORISM STRESSED BY SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE

19971114

Efforts to combat terrorism should include attempts to understand and eliminate its causes, speakers told the Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon, as it concluded its debate on measures to eliminate international terrorism. The Committee had before it a draft convention on suppression of terrorist bombings.

13 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3060

ASSEMBLY WOULD ENDORSE MODEL LAW ON CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY, UNDER TEXT APPROVED IN SIXTH COMMITTEE

19971113 Committee Also Approves Text on Report of United Nations Trade Law Commission (UNCITRAL), Which Adopted Model Law

13 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3061

DISCUSSION OF MEASURES TO COMBAT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM CONTINUES IN LEGAL COMMITTEE

19971113

Speakers Call for Cooperation in Extradition, Prosecution; State Terrorism, Limited Capacity of Small States Also Addressed

11 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3059

DELAY IN CONVENING CONFERENCE ON IMMUNITIES OF STATES CALLED FOR IN LEGAL COMMITTEE

19971111 Speakers Cite Lack of Consensus on Draft Articles Adopted By International Law Commission on Immunities of States and Their Property

7 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3057

ISRAEL SAYS ITS EXCLUSION FROM LAW COMMISSION, UNDER UN SYSTEM OF REGIONAL GROUPS, LOSES SERVICE OF QUALIFIED PERSONS

19971107 Legal Committee, Continuing Review of Commission Report, Is Asked To Study Problem and Recommend Solution